The recent revelations by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) regarding the rampant utilisation of counterfeit A-level certificates to secure admissions into higher education institutions in Nigeria serve as a distressing indication of the entrenched issue of academic fraud…
Nigerians woke up few days ago, to hear that the National Students Loan Act already passed by the bi-cameral legislature — the Senate and House of Representatives — has been assented to by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, despite myriad of…
Echoes of the woes of the Nigerian economy have remained reverberating, particularly as the biting hardship posed by the removal of subsidy on premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, has created conditions which have posed difficult times before Nigerians.…
The beginning appreciation of the Naira against the dollar as a result of the positive policy formulation from the Monetary Policy Meetings (MPC) is a welcome development by the steering team led by the Governor of the Central Bank of…
Last week, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu demonstrated astute leadership by implementing a temporary restriction on foreign travels for ministers and government officials. This timely move followed revelations of unnecessary expenditure, exemplified by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation…
At the forefront of safeguarding public health in Nigeria stands the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), a pivotal institution tasked with the vital responsibility of regulating a diverse array of consumables and medical products. With…
Indeed, if there is anybody or group of people that deserves commendation and possibly highest national honours award in this country, it is the ordinary struggling Nigerian, who have been beaten and bartered through the years by successive governments, characterised…
It is no longer news that kidnapping of Nigerians, especially school children by criminal elements has held sway in the country recently. The incident that started like a child’s play, has gathered momentum and developed into a hydra-headed monster. It…
Industrial actions in Nigeria’s public institutions have been one major subject of concern. The issues informing such actions are known to be long concerns left partially or not entirely addressed. Cries by University unions over failure on the part of…
The recent incident that happened where two students of Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), died while 17 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a stampede that occurred during the distribution of palliatives in the school is an avoidable tragedy.…
